COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL ENGLISH II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 1208 TECHNICAL ENGLISH II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AKBULUT

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to develop reading, comprehension, writing skills and vocabulary of the students with the help of texts written in English about different subjects of geology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the English texts about groundwater and environmental geology
2   Understanding the English texts about earthquakes and active faults
3   Understanding the English texts about mass wasting and geomorphology
4   Understanding the English texts about fossil fuels
5   Understanding the English texts about ore deposits and industrial raw materials

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding English texts on mass wasting
2 Understanding English texts on groundwater-1
3 Understanding English texts on groundwater-2
4 Understanding English texts on environmental geology
5 Understanding English texts on earthquakes
6 Understanding English texts on geomorphology
7 Understanding English texts on active faults
8 Understanding English texts on geohazards
9 Understanding English texts on fossil fuels
10 Understanding English texts on oil
11 Understanding English texts on ore deposits-1
12 Understanding English texts on ore deposits-2
13 Understanding English texts on industrial raw materials-1
14 Understanding English texts on industrial raw materials-2

Recomended or Required Reading

Thompson, G.R. & Turk, J. 2009. Earth Science and The Environment. Saunders College Publishing.
Monroe, J.S. & Wicander, R. 1995. Essentials of Geology. Brooks Cole Publishing.
Monroe, JS, Wicander, R. & Hazlett, R. 2007. Physical Geology-Exploring the World. Thomson Brooks/Cole Publishing
Press, F., Siever, R., Grotzinger, J. & Jordan, T. 2003. Understanding Earth. W.H. Freeman Publishing.
Plummer, C.C., Carlson, D.H. & McGeary, D. 2007. Physical Geology. McGraw-Hill Higher
Education.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading and translation of texts on several subjects of geology in the classroom and teaching the technical terms with relevant sentences.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1 midterm exam (50%) and 1 final exam (50%) will be conducted.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet AKBULUT
Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Engineering
Department of Geological Engineering
Buca-Izmir
Tel: +90 232 3017342

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparation for midterm exams 1 7 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Midterm exams 1 1,5 2
Final exam 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55